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bug #33808: nargchk should return empty matrix if inputs are within range

Submitter:  Volkmar Glauche <glauche>
Submitted:  Wed 20 Jul 2011 10:27:27 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sun 16 Oct 2011 08:35:34 PM UTC, comment #6: 

Fixed in this changeset (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/a0875c6cab7e).  The error function now ignores empty struct inputs.

Rik <rik5>
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Sat 15 Oct 2011 01:19:21 AM UTC, comment #5: 

the problem is the error function:

matlab> foo

foo =

0x1 struct array with fields:
    message
    identifier
matlab> error(foo)


octave> foo
foo =

  0x1 struct array containing the fields:

    message
    identifier

octave> error(foo)
error: invalid conversion of multi-dimensional struct to scalar struct

Muhali <muhali>
Fri 14 Oct 2011 10:28:38 PM UTC, comment #4: 

but now I get

octave:1> error(nargchk(1,5,4,'struct'))
error: invalid conversion of multi-dimensional struct to scalar struct

Muhali <muhali>
Mon 25 Jul 2011 05:39:06 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Sorry about that.  I have now put in a special case into nargchk and nargoutchk to return a 0x1 struct array exactly as Matlab does.  The changeset is here (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/49553ea11764).

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Mon 25 Jul 2011 09:36:16 AM UTC, comment #2: 

I still seem to get a non-empty struct:

octave:1> s=nargchk(1,5,4,'struct')
s =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    message =
    identifier =

octave:2> whos s
Variables in the current scope:

   Attr Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
   ==== ====        ====                     =====  =====
        s           1x1                          0  struct

Total is 1 element using 0 bytes

octave:3> isempty(s)
ans = 0
octave:4> ver
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GNU Octave Version 3.5.0+
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 15 19:27:09 UTC 2011 x86_64
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no packages installed.


s should not be 1x1, but 1x0, 0x0 whatever... At least, isempty(s) should return "true".

Volkmar Glauche <glauche>
Wed 20 Jul 2011 05:48:06 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in this changeset <http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/a4d1581f9e72>

You will need to build from the Mercurial development sources in order to see the fix.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Wed 20 Jul 2011 10:27:27 AM UTC, original submission:  

nargchk behaviour differs between MATLAB and octave in cases like the following:

s = nargchk(1,5,4,'struct')

MATLAB returns

s =

0x1 struct array with fields:
    message
    identifier

Octave returns

s =

  scalar structure containing the fields:


octave:5> whos s
Variables in the current scope:

   Attr Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
   ==== ====        ====                     =====  =====
        s           1x1                          0  struct

I.e. MATLAB returns an empty struct with two fields, while Octave returns a 1-element struct with no fields. MATLAB has documented its nargchk behaviour as follows:

--- cited from MATLAB help
MSGSTRUCT = NARGCHK(LOW,HIGH,N,'struct') returns an appropriate message structure if N is not between LOW and HIGH. If N is in the specified range, the message structure is empty. The message structure has at a minimum two fields, 'message' and 'identifier'.
---

MATLAB code that relies on this behaviour will fail on Octave if N is in the specified range. This may be related to bug #33428.

Volkmar Glauche <glauche>

 

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